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two of the remaining five fixtures. On 5 April, they drew 1–1 with
Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park in front of a crowd of 12,000, which Rovers described as their best gate since 1914. In the matchday programme for the return fixture on 12 April was the message, "With pardonable pride we approach the Easter programme full of confidence and on the tip-toe of expectancy, for have we not three home games in a week? What a feast! 'The Rovers', 'Burnley' and 'North End' come to Bloomfield Road, gentlemen, so mark the occasion and line the ropes yards deep, after signifying your appreciation at the turnstiles. Then yell 'Blackpool' for all you're worth! And don't forget t'others!" A crowd of 8,000 saw them achieve their largest victory of the season, 6–1. They followed that up on
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Blackpool struggle in the Principal Competition, in which they only climbed off the foot of the table toward the end of the season to finish in 11th place. They won Group A of the Subsidiary Competition, however, and so qualified for the Lancashire Senior Cup semi-finals, in which
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lost 3–1, the game was notable for its being played in front of the largest wartime crowd: 24,000. With five wins in six games, Blackpool moved off the bottom of the table and the club's directors declared: "The appeal was made to them to favour us with three home victories has not been in vain, and
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Blackpool. At the final whistle, supporters demonstrated against the referee who had to be escorted off the pitch by police officers, as fans hurled sand and pieces of the turf at him. What was described as "a large number of people" stood outside the stand after the match and it took an appeal
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on 14 September. As with previous wartime seasons, they found team selection a problem, and by the sixth game had used twenty different players. Against Port Vale on 28 September they had only ten players and had to borrow a player from the home side. They remained without a win in the first nine
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they unselfishly threw in two away victories for make-weight. Truly they deserve our unstinting praise, which every
Blackpool supporter will disperse individually and collectively." However, they ended the season with a 5–1 defeat to Manchester United at
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The Khaki Years, Blackpool Football Club The World War I Seasons 1915/16 - 1918/19
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664:Bobby Booth
529:Good Friday
227:Bill Norman
209:World War I
39:Bill Norman
1550:Categories
819:References
806:11 October
594:Blackpool
463:Blackpool
381:Ewood Park
365:Stoke City
241:Background
796:Blackpool
687:Transfers
516:Blackpool
340:Port Vale
320:Liverpool
291:Blackpool
217:Liverpool
635:refereed
624:Source:
533:Deepdale
493:Source:
350:Rochdale
75:League:
1534:2024–25
1528:2023–24
1523:2022–23
1518:2021–22
1513:2020–21
1508:2019–20
1503:2018–19
1498:2017–18
1493:2016–17
1488:2015–16
1483:2014–15
1478:2013–14
1473:2012–13
1468:2011–12
1463:2010–11
1458:2009–10
1453:2008–09
1448:2007–08
1443:2006–07
1438:2005–06
1433:2004–05
1428:2003–04
1423:2002–03
1418:2001–02
1413:2000–01
1408:1999–00
1403:1998–99
1398:1997–98
1393:1996–97
1388:1995–96
1383:1994–95
1378:1993–94
1373:1992–93
1368:1991–92
1363:1990–91
1358:1989–90
1353:1988–89
1348:1987–88
1343:1986–87
1338:1985–86
1333:1984–85
1328:1983–84
1323:1982–83
1318:1981–82
1313:1980–81
1308:1979–80
1303:1978–79
1298:1977–78
1293:1976–77
1288:1975–76
1283:1974–75
1278:1973–74
1273:1972–73
1268:1971–72
1263:1970–71
1258:1969–70
1253:1968–69
1248:1967–68
1243:1966–67
1238:1965–66
1233:1964–65
1228:1963–64
1223:1962–63
1218:1961–62
1213:1960–61
1208:1959–60
1203:1958–59
1198:1957–58
1193:1956–57
1188:1955–56
1183:1954–55
1178:1953–54
1173:1952–53
1168:1951–52
1163:1950–51
1158:1949–50
1153:1948–49
1148:1947–48
1143:1946–47
1138:1945–46
1133:1944–45
1128:1943–44
1123:1942–43
1118:1941–42
1113:1940–41
1108:1939–40
1103:1938–39
1098:1937–38
1093:1936–37
1088:1935–36
1083:1934–35
1078:1933–34
1073:1932–33
1068:1931–32
1063:1930–31
1058:1929–30
1053:1928–29
1048:1927–28
1043:1926–27
1038:1925–26
1033:1924–25
1028:1923–24
1023:1922–23
1018:1921–22
1013:1920–21
1008:1919–20
1003:1918–19
998:1917–18
993:1916–17
988:1915–16
983:1914–15
978:1913–14
973:1912–13
968:1911–12
963:1910–11
958:1909–10
953:1908–09
948:1907–08
943:1906–07
938:1905–06
933:1904–05
928:1903–04
923:1902–03
918:1901–02
913:1900–01
908:1899–00
903:1898–99
898:1897–98
893:1896–97
881:seasons
733:Player
702:Player
670:games,
650:Summary
639:penalty
519:Burnley
393:Anfield
315:Everton
310:Burnley
196:1918–19
183:1919–20
178:1917–18
35:Manager
28:1918–19
833:
633:"over-
615:1.857
484:0.738
235:FA Cup
198:season
88:12,000
62:FA Cup
30:season
754:Notes
736:From
730:Date
705:From
699:Date
546:Team
415:Team
96:2,000
831:ISBN
808:2008
739:Fee
708:Fee
305:Bury
233:The
200:was
193:The
723:Out
609:13
585:Pts
550:Pld
542:Pos
487:25
481:61
478:45
475:15
469:10
466:30
460:11
454:Pts
419:Pld
411:Pos
1552::
794:.
774:^
762:^
692:In
679:,
618:8
612:7
606:1
603:2
600:3
597:6
591:1
580:GR
575:GA
570:GF
472:5
449:GR
444:GA
439:GF
223:.
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860:t
853:v
839:.
810:.
565:L
560:D
555:W
434:L
429:D
424:W
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